Robert Smith Says The Cure Has Two Albums on Deck
Many critics have named The Cure’s Songs Of A Lost World one of the best albums of 2024. Even though that album came 16 years after their previous release, it sounds like fans might not have to wait too long for more new music.
Robert Smith told London’s Absolute Radio that another album is “pretty much ready to go” and referred to it as a “companion piece” to Songs Of A Lost World. Smith added, “There’s a third one which is completely different. It’s really kind of random stuff, like late-night studio stuff. But some of it is really good actually, it’s just very very different.”
Of course, these two albums really might be released sooner than later. In October, Smith told The Times that The Cure will retire in 2029. He explained, “I’m 70 in 2029, and that’s it, that really is it. If I make it that far, that’s it.”
We all certainly have our fingers crossed about Smith making it to 2029 and beyond and for the release of the new Cure albums. After all, Song Of A Lost World really was a great album. When its lead single “Alone” was first released, fans raved about it. One fan wrote in the YouTube comment section of the song, “Those synths and windchime takes me straight to Disintegration. Robert’s voice is just magic! Welcome Back The Cure.” Another fan gushed, “I’m 51. I have waited 16 years for this day. Now i’m sitting here like i was 16 again. My heart filled with love & hope, my eyes filled with tears, knowing that this is going to be the end of the zyklus. I love you so much! Thank you for everything… can’t wait for the 1st of November!!!”
Robert Smith and Concert Ticket Pricing
The Cure’s new album comes over a year after the band returned to touring in North America for the first time since 2016. That tour saw Smith come through in a big way for fans, some of whom ended up paying more in Ticketmaster fees than the actual price of the ticket. After the issue of fees was brought to his attention, Smith was able to negotiate with Ticketmaster for fans to receive a partial fee refund on their tickets.
Concert ticket pricing was a topic Smith further explored in his interview with The Times. He said he was “shocked” at the kinds of profits that were being made on concert tickets. Smith noted that all of the fights he’s had with record labels over the years have been about making things more affordable for fans.
Smith specifically went after the practice of dynamic pricing, which increases the prices of select tickets based on the overall demand for a given concert. He argues that the practice is a “scam” and that it would go away if every artist stood up to Ticketmaster and Live Nation and told them they refuse to allow the practice to be applied to their ticket sales. Smith also said that any artist who says they were unaware of the practice is “either f—ing stupid or lying.”
